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Term Papers on English
Night Shift
Number of words: 1831 - Number of pages: 7.... her entire life to her two kids, Sean and Sean’s older brother, Frank. Aside from inspiring and comforting Sean, Angel also motivates him by preaching to him that education is the means to a successful life.
Sean positions his burdensome backpack next to his bed and lies down for a moment to clear his head before starting homework.
“How am I going to get through next week,” thinks Sean, “school alone puts enough stress upon every student’s shoulder, why do they have to test us at the end of each semester? Too much pressure, I can’t handle it, but I will .....
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A Separate Peace - Symbolism
Number of words: 1606 - Number of pages: 6.... school, the lights and leaders of the senior class, with their high IQs and expensive shoes, as Brinker had said, pasting each other with snowballs"(843).
Another of the principal themes in this novel is the theme of maturity. The two rivers that are part of the Devon School property symbolize how Gene and Finny grow up through the course of the novel. The Devon River is preferred by the students because it is above the dam and contains clean water. It is a symbol of childhood and innocence because it is safe and simple. It is preferred which shows how the bo .....
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Jane Eyre
Number of words: 692 - Number of pages: 3.... Mr. Rochester in her heart. She only needs something, some happenstance, where she can break through her reserve and coyness to express her feelings. Mr. Rochester brings to Thornfield a party of guests; all elegantly appareled and socially sophisticated. Hesitantly, Jane reaches the drawing room where she and Adele wait for the party to enter. The ladies all come in first, gathered together and chatting when they notice Adele and Jane. The ladies swoon over Adele while Jane sits on the side inspecting and criticizing each lady as she passes by. No one is u .....
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Macbeth - Imagery In Macbeth
Number of words: 556 - Number of pages: 3.... is the fact that these are not his garments. Therefore, Macbeth is uncomfortable in them because he is continually conscious of the fact that they do not belong to him. In the following passage, the idea constantly recurs that Macbeth's new honours sit ill upon him, like a loose and badly fitting garment, belonging to someone else:
New honours come upon him,
Like our strange garments, cleave not to their mould,
But with the aid of use.
(1.3.144)
The second, most important chain of imagery used to add to the atmosphere is that of the imagery of darkness. In .....
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Romeo And Juliet
Number of words: 610 - Number of pages: 3.... hopes that the marriage will end the hostilities between the two houses. When he says "Shall Romeo by my letters know our drift, and hither shall he come; and he and I shall watch thy waking, and that very night shall Romeo bear thee to Mantua." (Act 4, Scene 1), he tells Juliet how everything will be all right. Unfortunately, for all his good intentions the play still ends in tragedy.
Friar Lawrence is a man who is not afraid to take risks when he feels it is neccesary to help someone. For example in Act 2, Scene 6, when he marries , he is risking his reputat .....
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Shakespeares Macbeth
Number of words: 2200 - Number of pages: 8.... At a ceremonial banquet in his honor, Macbeth is tormented by his visions of Banquo. He plans to have Banquo and his son Fleance murdered. The attempt is somewhat successful, as Banquo is killed but Fleance manages to escape. In the last few scenes of this act, Macbeth is plagued by the ghost of Banquo. People start to suspect something suspicious of Macbeth. The fourth act starts off, once again, with Macbeth visiting the witches. They tell him that he will not be harmed by a woman, and that he will not be vanquished until Birnam Wood comes to Dunsinane Hill. .....
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Beowulf
Number of words: 508 - Number of pages: 2.... well recognized was being a physically strong person. demonstrates that being strong is his most notable trait. As seafarers used to say, I remember, who took the gifts of the Geat people in token of our friendship- that in his hand's grasps had the strength of other thirty men. (p. 63). Not only did he have this rare gift, but used it all the time to protect his people. During the fight between and Grendal, he decided to make the fight fair by not using a sword since Grendal was a terrible sword player, therefore wrestled to monster to death. (p64-64) The f .....
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Hawthorne And Symbolism
Number of words: 454 - Number of pages: 2.... really be that bad if Brown joined the witches' plan.
Secondly, when Goody Cloyse is encountered, Brown learns how she truly feels about him. Goody Cloyse freely takes up the Devil's staff. Proud of himself for denying the Devil, while again using his wife's name to strengthen his resolve, Brown discovers that his respected Minister, Deacon Gookin, is a servant of the Devil. When Brown learns that his wife has given into the temptation of the Devil, the Christian belief he is struggling to keep is shaken from him. "My Faith is gone!" "There is no good on .....
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